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school board for London— continued.
On the 1st October, 1885, Mr. Churchwarden Laing
reported the proceedings of a Conference held at Westminster
Town Hall, on the 29th September, 1885, inter alia,
stating that it had then been determined to invite
candidates for the Westmiuster Division to attend an
adjourned meeting of the Conference for the purpose of
selection; that the Division should be divided into 5
sections, of which the parish and that of St. James formed
one, and that a conference of the Committees of both
Vestries would be held for the purpose of choosing a
candidate.
On the loth October, 1885, Mr. Churchwarden Laing
reported that Churchwarden Captain Probyn, the Rev.
W. M. Sinclair, and Messrs. Burroughes, Ross, and Winnett,
had been selected as the five candidates for the Division,
and a local Committee consisting of the whole Vestry,
was appointed with power to add to their number, for
the purpose of promoting the election of the candidates, the
late Vicar consenting to act as Chairman and Mr. Prescott
as Hon. Secretary. On the 12th November, Churchwarden
Captain Probyn expressed his thanks to the Vestry for
their support in electing him a member of the Board for
the Westminster Division.
Scheduling of Sites at Long Acre and Duke's Court.
Attention having been called by Mr. Prescott to the
scheduling of the above sites for the erection of School
Board premises, a Committee was appointed on the 12th
November, 1885, to take steps to prevent the schemes
being carried out. A statement of objections, signed by